Good game for the neutral thanks to Gloucester playing well, but all Quins have shown is daft errors and throwing the ball around willy nilly without really getting anywhere. Looks like we could play for another hour without threatening their line.

Great viewing for the neural pining for entertainment after the dross at HQ - I also hope Ben Youngs watches the highlights and learns how a scrum half occasionally doesn't go onto field and put his own team under pressure

Well I’ll have some more of that, any day! A fantastic match, by far the best of the season, from two teams who wanted to play rugby. It was fascinating watching the two very diverse styles of rugby played. Gloucester played the game flat in attack with the aim to get the ball wide after the initial phases and Quins whose alignment was deeper but who played a fast and furious game of offloads to their big and very mobile pack. All the tries were from the top drawer, each with a special touch. We saw the best two outside halves in the Premiership in action; Nick Evans a player of tremendous skill and finesse and Freddie Burns a young tyro who had the perfect game balance of passing, kicking and individual flair with some breathtaking breaks. Sinbad was simply outstanding, again – when he is in that sort of form he is beyond comparison. We saw the speed merchants perform on a perfect pitch. Johnny May with his virtuoso running and Ross Chisholm from Quins who had both electric pace and power. Nick Wood had his opposite number on toast with a lashing of Marmite and Nick Easter was the best in two strong back rows.
Why oh why couldn’t Gloucester offer just 50% of today’s vigour against Worcester just a few weeks ago?

Very odd comments. I thought Quins played outstndingly in attack and were as good ball in hand than when i can remember this season. Defensively too easily broken out wide which cost us. When dealing with the scrum Pearson isnt up to it, Wood was collapsng his arm in so JJ could never get a bind and blind Dave coincidentally gave that shocking decision against WAsps (playing Exeter) last week for exactly the same thing. We have had Gloucs in the scrum in all previous 3 games this season so what changes? inept ref although cant have any complaints when our subs came on. second best at scrum time then!!

Saw the game on tv and thought Glos backs were phenomenal. Quins played hard and the tackle count shows the sheer effort that Glos had to put in. A great advert for rugby, and a non-stop pulsating game. How good would it have been with a decent ref? But Glos good value for the win, as we seemed to lose our heads from time to time.

One question: after having warned both teams for constant infringements, how many more times would Pearson have said "offside, red twelve" before actually carrying out the threat of a card?

TitusQuinVery odd comments. I thought Quins played outstndingly in attack and were as good ball in hand than when i can remember this season. Defensively too easily broken out wide which cost us. When dealing with the scrum Pearson isnt up to it, Wood was collapsng his arm in so JJ could never get a bind and blind Dave coincidentally gave that shocking decision against WAsps (playing Exeter) last week for exactly the same thing. We have had Gloucs in the scrum in all previous 3 games this season so what changes? inept ref although cant have any complaints when our subs came on. second best at scrum time then!!

jj got pinged all day long.......it happens sometimes. I expect him to come back stronger, that's the kind of man he is.

I would like to hear from Fairbrother defenders what they thought of his "shoring up" our scrum when he came on.

What a gmae though. One of those you don't mind losing because it was a great advert for rugby, power, pace, inventiveness. Wonderful to watch.

I think the difference was te set piece, they mullered us a the lineout and the scrum

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